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A♭ Harmonic Minor Scale on Guitar

The A♭ Harmonic Minor scale contains A♭, B♭, B, D♭, E♭, E and G — 7 notes. Every position is marked across the whole fretboard below, labelled with note names and with interval numbers, and the tuning of each string can be changed.

  • Root
  • Major 2nd
  • Minor 3rd
  • Perfect 4th
  • Perfect 5th
  • Minor 6th
  • Major 7th
A♭ Harmonic Minor — 7 notes
Degree 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 7
Note A♭ B♭ B D♭ E♭ E G
Interval Root Major 2nd Minor 3rd Perfect 4th Perfect 5th Minor 6th Major 7th

Note names

A♭ Harmonic Minor scale fretboard diagram: every position of A♭, B♭, B, D♭, E♭, E and G across the guitar neck

Interval numbers

A♭ Harmonic Minor scale fretboard diagram labelled with interval numbers

Modes

Harmonic Minor is not one of the seven major-scale modes.

Triads

i A♭m
ii° B♭°
III+ Baug
iv D♭m
V E♭
VI E
vii°

7th Chords

i A♭mMaj7
iiø B♭m7♭5
III+ Bmaj7♯5
iv D♭m7
V E♭7
VI Emaj7
vii° G°7

Circle of fifths

Circle of fifths — A♭ Harmonic Minor fretonomy.com C G D A E B F# D♭ A♭ E♭ B♭ F

Smaller scales inside A♭ Harmonic Minor

No scale in the list has fewer notes than this one.

Frequently asked questions

What notes are in the A♭ Harmonic Minor scale?

A♭, B♭, B, D♭, E♭, E and G. That is 7 notes.

Which chords go with the A♭ Harmonic Minor scale?

The triads built from its own notes: A♭m, B♭°, Baug, D♭m, E♭, E and G°. Those are the chords that will sound consonant over it.

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